The chairman of the Board of Trustees and the vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC) have expressed deep sorrow over the death of a student in a road accident in Sitakunda.

In a joint condolence message, Board of Trustees Chairman ANM Shamsul Islam, Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Ali Azad and Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Muhammad Hasmat Ali prayed for the salvation of the departed soul and conveyed their sympathies to the bereaved family.

Maisha Musfirat, a second-semester student of the university’s Department of English Language and Literature, was killed when a local bus overturned after being hit by a Dhaka-bound tanker lorry on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Kumira on Tuesday morning.

A special doa mahfil will be held at the university’s central mosque after Zuhr prayers Wednesday to pray for the departed soul.